The Romanian pastor wasn’t sure what to do.
He had adopted a Deaf boy into his family and wanted to teach him about the Bible. But after trying for a while, the hearing pastor could tell that his Deaf son didn’t understand the Scripture in spoken and written Romanian.
Then one day, the pastor saw a video depicting a New Testament passage. The story was of Jesus calming the
storm — and it was in Romanian Sign Language. When the father showed the video to his son, the boy perked up and seemed to clearly understand the story’s message.
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Ladislau Bortos signs a Bible story into Romanian Sign Language. Photo by Marc Ewell.
Excitedly, the pastor reached out to the Romanian Sign Language translation team who created the video. As a result, the team members soon connected the family to a local Deaf church. There the boy is able to form relationships with other Deaf believers while growing in his faith through Scripture—communicated in a language and form that impacts his heart.
Source: wycliffe.org (InFocus, Vol. 26, No. 2)